Décio Sá

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2. The vicious cycle of impunity

By Sara Rafsky

When theWorld Cup kicks off in Brazil in June, the government of President Dilma Rousseff will be celebrating the country’s emergence as a global powerhouse. The event, to be staged at sites across the country, will put the nation’s vast and diverse territory on display,unlike the Olympics, which Brazil is hosting two years later in just one city, Rio de Janeiro. While the 2012 murder of a local soccer journalist in central-western Goiânia may run counter to the official narrative of success, it reflects the disparate realities of a country as immense as Brazil, and depicts a darker side of “the beautiful game.”

Appendix: Journalists killed in Brazil since January 1, 2011

CPJ research has determined that at least 12 journalists have been killed in direct relation to their work since Dilma Rousseff was inaugurated as president on January 1, 2011. Another five have been killed in unclear circumstances, and CPJ continues to investigate those cases.

New
York, February 6, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes two
convictions on Tuesday in the 2012 murder of Brazilian political journalist and
blogger Décio Sá and calls on
authorities to ensure everyone involved in the crime is brought to justice. Jhonatan de Sousa Silva, who confessed to being the
gunman, was sentenced to 25 years and three months in jail, according to news
reports. Marcos Bruno Oliveira, who claimed he was innocent, was sentenced
to 18 years and three months on charges of transporting Sousa to and from the
crime.

Gerardo Ortega's news and
talk show on DWAR in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, went off as usual on the
morning of January 24, 2011. Ortega, like many radio journalists in the
Philippines, was outspoken about government corruption, particularly as it
concerned local mining issues. His show over, Ortega left the studios and
headed to a local clothing store to do some shopping. There, he was shot in the
back of the head. His murder underlines the characteristics and security
challenges common to many of the killings documented as part of CPJ's new Impunity
Index: A well-known local journalist whose daily routines were easily
tracked, Ortega had been followed and killed by a hired gunman. He had been
threatened many times before in response to his tough political commentary, a
pattern that shows up time and again on CPJ's Impunity Index.

Syrian violence contributed to a sharp rise in
the number of journalists killed for their work in 2012, as did a series of
murders in Somalia. The dead include a record proportion of journalists who
worked online. A CPJ special report

New York, April 24, 2012--Brazilian political journalist
and blogger Décio Sá was shot and killed Monday night in the city of Sao Luis
in northeastern Brazil, according to news
reports. The journalist was sitting in a bar waiting for a friend when an unidentified
man entered, walked to the bathroom, and shot Sá six times before
fleeing the scene with a motorcyclist who was waiting outside.

Sá, 42, wrote about politics for 17 years for the local newspaper O Estado do Maranhão and on his personal blog, Blog do Décio, which was one of the most widely read in the state, press reports said. Sá's blog was known for critical reporting on politicians and corruption, according to Cezar Scanssette, a journalist with O Estado do Maranhão. Due to the nature of his reporting, the journalist had "many enemies," Scanssette told CPJ. Scanssette said he was not aware of Sá receiving any threats.